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It's the same old story in the National Football Conference
East. The Dallas Cowboys are still the neighborhood bully.

The National Football League's top-ranked defense intercepted
Randall Cunningham four times, and Troy Aikman threw two touchdown
passes as Dallas beat Philadelphia 24-13 in a showdown for the
division lead.

"This is a big step for us, a big game," Aikman said. "We're
playing as well right now as we were at this point last year."

Emmitt Smith rushed for 106 yards and scored a touchdown,
helping Dallas to its 10th consecutive victory over an NFC East
foe.

Dallas, which has defeated the Eagles five consecutive times,
is 5-1 and the Eagles dropped to 4-2.

"We're the better team and we proved it today," Dallas coach
Barry Switzer said. "I was impressed with the way Troy kept his
composure when things were going bad early. He fought off all the
negatives and kept his poise. If this guy goes nuts then it's all
over for us."

Smith did what he usually does against Philadelphia, gain more
than 100 yards. In his last four games against the Eagles, he had
gained 163, 114, 237, and 172 yards, respectively. His 106 yards
in 26 carries Sunday marked the 28th time he had rushed for 100
yards in his career of five years.

Cunningham hurt the Eagles with three consecutive
interceptions, that led to two touchdowns, after a rapid-fire start
in which Dallas trailed 7-0.

"The Eagles won the first quarter but we won the second, third
and most of the fourth quarter," Switzer said.

Dallas jumped ahead 21-7 early in the third period after Darren
Woodson intercepted Cunningham at the Philadelphia 31. Aikman made
the Eagles pay with a 14-yard scoring strike to tight end Jay
Novacek. Then Chris Boniol put the game out of reach with a 37-yard
field goal in the fourth period for a 24-7 edge.

The Eagles tried to come back. James Joseph scored on a 34-yard
touchdown run and Mark Woodward recovered an onsides kick.
Cunningham then took Philadelphia the length of the field before
Larry Brown intercepted a pass in the end zone. …

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